Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says attempts to try him on sex charges are "disgusting and disgraceful", and insists the allegations are simply a smear campaign. Video courtesy of Reuters.

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go ... Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Wednesday that attempts to try him on sex charges were disgusting and disgraceful ... it's just an embarrassment it's disgusting and cheerful ... following months of investigations Milan prosecutors filed request Wednesday to immediately try Berlusconi on charges of paying for sex with an underage girl ... the prosecution says it has evidence that Berlusconi paid for sex with a significant number of young women ... including Rockin' dancer Codima Madhu whoosh when she was under the age of eighteen ... but Berlusconi continues to insist that the allegations are simply a smear campaign ... the principle that ... the nice thing about the trials which forced trials and accusations that are completely without any cool thing everyone has slowed but the US does bring about a negative review competing ... in some uncertainty as to ... the scandal comes a difficult time for the seventy four year-old from year ... his grip on power was severely weakened last year by a split in his center right people of Freedom Party that cost him a secure a majority in parliament ... Travis Sprecher ... Reuters ...